A life-changing three months for Leanne

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Being a mother of three young children, Leanne doesn't have much
time to talk. Yet she's eager to explain how three months at Triple
Care Farm 15 years ago "changed my life forever". Leanne, then a
16-year-old in turmoil, had been in care since she was two. She had
been sexually abused in the institution meant to protect her and
had left it - and school - at 13, moving around from one refuge to
another.

Fortunately she had never got into drugs or alcohol, and had
never been in trouble with the law. But she was confused and
lonely, with no self-esteem and no prospect of a future.

She credits Triple Care Farm with putting her life on track.
"Because I was so young, I didn't know how to behave or how to be
part of a community," she says. "The farm opened up a door for me.
It showed me how to get a job, how to be part of a community, how
to have relationships with people, how to move on."

When she left, she went to TAFE to complete her education, and
worked as a sales assistant until marriage and children came
along.